Peterborough Bird Club annual report Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica | A* | Quite rare 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003
2003	Scarce passage migrant. Single birds were on the Nene Washes on 15-16 Apr (RSPB). Two were at Tallington GP on 25 Apr (SL) with a further two at Prior's Fen GP on 26 Apr (MW). A single bird was present on Hampton North Lake on 3 May (MW).
2002	Scarce passage migrant. The majority of records during 2002 came from the Nene Washes. A single bird was present between 25-27 Apr (RSPB). Up to two were present from 2-11 May with five on 9 May (BHS). A single bird was also present on 14-15 May (SPD, BHS). The only records away from the Nene Washes were of a single bird at King's Dyke NR on 8 May (GW) and a further single bird at Deeping Lakes NR on 18 May (WB). Towards the end of the year, a single bird was present at the Nene Washes on 2 Nov (CK).
2001	Scarce passage migrant. One on the Nene Washes 23–24 Apr with two there 16 May (RSPB) were the only records.
2000	Scarce migrant. The first, a summer-plumaged adult, was at Prior's Fen GP 27-28 Apr (DP). At the Nene Washes, two flew east on 1 May, with two more on 2 May (adult summer and adult winter), two east on 3 May and a single on 5 May. One was at Lynch Lake, Ferry Meadows CP, on 3 May (DG, RH).
1999	No records.
1998	Rare migrant. Nene Washes: singles were on Feldale on 16 Apr and on the reserve on 13 May.
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